Music ideas
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Cleveland Orchestra Musical Neighborhoods Teacher Resources
http://clevelandorchestramusicalneighborhoods.com/resources/teacher
This page features Vanessa Bond (the same same who visited with us for two weeks). She provides video examples of 8 different songs/musical techniques.

Texas School Music Project
http://www.tsmp.org/elementary/turner/turner_childcentered_types.html
This page features tips on (cheaply and easily) creating musical instruments, musical stations, and role play.

Smithsonian Folkways
www.folkways.si.edu/
This website provides a vast, multi-cultural selection of CDs or MP3s for purchase. It also provides a streaming radio with some very good, off the map folk songs.

Music and Movement ideas

http://www.earlylearningactivities.com/PDF/musicmovement.pdf
This page is a slapshod list of various music/movement activities put together by a handful of (anonymous) parents. While some of the activities seem flat, and about half of them offer an excellent idea to work from.